Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 125
मायानिरसनात्सद्यो नश्यत्येव गुणत्रयम् । यदा गुणत्रयातीतो भवतीति स मुक्तिभाक्
māyānirasanātsadyo naśyatyeva guṇatrayam | yadā guṇatrayātīto bhavatīti sa muktibhāk
Quand la māyā est dissipée, les trois guṇa s’évanouissent aussitôt. Lorsque l’on devient au-delà des trois guṇa, alors, vraiment, on participe à la délivrance (mukti).
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis
Scene: An allegorical tableau: three colored strands (sattva-white, rajas-red, tamas-black) unravel and vanish as a yogin’s awareness rests in Śiva; the guṇas fall away like broken fetters.
FAQs
Liberation is defined as becoming guṇātīta (beyond sattva-rajas-tamas), which follows the removal of māyā.
Within Kedāra’s Mahātmya, the teaching frames the tīrtha as a place that supports guṇātīta realization through Śiva.
The verse implies the discipline of māyā-removal through Śiva-centered practice (expanded explicitly in the next verse as liṅga-arcana).